If Hugh Jackman is the Sexiest Man Alive, his

November 20th, 2008

Coincidently (wink! wink!) recently named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive HUGH JACKMAN co-stars with silver screen siren Nicole Kidman in the epic period film Australia.
Nicole Kidman
Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia opened this week, and making shoes news is the collaboration between the films Oscar winning costume designer Catherine Martin and “Shoemaker to the Stars” Salvatore Ferragamo resulting in an exceptional collection of “beautiful, original shoes.”
Australia Ferragamo
In the film, Ms. Kidman plays “Lady Sarah Ashley,” a 1940s aristocrat who embarks upon an epic journey. More than 2,000 costumes were created for the film. And according to Philstar.com, “Martin approached Ferragamo to collaborate on the design of Lady Sarah’s shoes. As Martin says, “When you think of the 1930s one of the first names of shoes that comes to mind is Ferragamo. Ferragamo is synonymous with famous persons from the past and has a long association of making shoes for films and of revolutionizing certain styling and manufacturing techniques.”
Australia Ferragamo
“One of the quintessential Ferragamo traits is their confidence to mix often exotic materials with more luxurious fabrics; the showcasing of this trait and use of materials such as shagreen is a wonderful complement to the exoticism of Northern Australia during this period.”

The glamorous evening sandal, in ruched deep red velvet with stingray accents, is offered for sale as a limited-edition style at Ferragamo stores NOW. And once the style is sold out, the shoe will return to the company’s archives at the Salvatore Ferragamo museum at Palazzo Spini in Florence, Italy.

Elizabeth Banks in Jimmy Choo “Jasmin” heels at W premier

October 15th, 2008

Elizabeth Banks wore the Jimmy Choo “Jasmin” gold crisscross sandal to this week’s W premier by Oliver Stone, on October 14.

You can pick up a pair of “Jasmin’s” at JimmyChoo.com but the shoes are SO HOT, there’s just a few sizes left. Or you can get a black patent pair with a 4 1/2″ heel at Net-a-Porter, $495.

Do you have what it takes to be a shoe designer?

October 21st, 2008

What do Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik, and Giuseppe Zanotti have in common? They are all shoe designers who have elevated their craft of shoe making to a mesmerizing art form. Think you have what it takes to design a pair of shoes?

Get your creative juices flowing and your feet wet, so to speak, at International Shoemaking Design, which offers an intensive 2-day workshop for serious-minded footwear designers to hone your shoemaking skills, learn the anatomy of the foot and construction of a shoe. Upon completion, you’ll have made your very own mule, pump, sandal or boot style. In YOUR size, of course.

Based outside of Cleveland in Rocky River, Ohio, owner Sissy Puccio Aversa, a London-trained shoe designer/maker and certified Pedorthist, will privately walk you through an intensive workshop on what it takes to actually build a pair of shoes.

Angie Harmon glowing in Jimmy Choo “Gwen”

October 30th, 2008

Angie Harmon recently showed her glowing glamor at the Vogue and Step Up Women’s Network fashion event. The event was also attended by Garcell Beauvais, Joy Bryant, Alexandra von Furstenberg, and Shiva Rose.

Angie stepped out wearing the mirrored Jimmy Choo “Gwen” with it’s rear zipper detail and 4 1/2″ heel.

Gwyneth Paltrow in Rupert Sanderson’s “KitKat”

November 6th, 2008

During the great Presidential election, JustJared exposed Gwyneth Paltrow’s dress at the Two Lovers premier in Paris. While you might have been side swiped by her Antonio Berardi dress, we want to know if you saw her shoes?!

We did!!! And they are none other than Rupert Sanderson’s “KitKat” two-toned ankle bootie.

We LOVE the shoes. You can get them at Linus Lounge — the swanky Dallas boutique famous for it’s finely edited collection of designers no other Big D retailers dare to carry.

Penelope Cruz wears LaDuca shoes in musical NINE

December 3rd, 2008

When we last visited with shoe designer Phil LaDuca he was busy opening his new shoe store in Manhattan, in the heart of the theater district.

This week, in the midst of NY’s FFANY shoe shoe, he sends us an image of his “Penelope”—the “fall 09 shoe based on the shoe Colleen Atwood, costume designer, and I did for Penelope Cruz for the movie, NINE, currently being filmed in London.” The e-Word is Rob Marshall’s film is going to be HUGE! And with a cast of starlets: Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Coutilard, Judith Dench, Kate Hudson, Fergie and Sophia Loren it just may be.

more deets on the “sex & the city” new york city tour

April 3rd, 2008

more info for you! not ONE of you turned your nose up at the $24K price-tag to walk the same steps as the sex and the city characters. so, i give you more s&tc scoop. thanks to citynews for their update.

contact destination on location for your personal tour, open to 8 lucky, loaded, ladies!!!

and for some behind-the-scenes movie clips, i’ve been scouring youtube… there’s a zillion online… here’s one.

You KNOW the shoes, GUESS who’s IN THEM?

April 24th, 2008

you know a christian louboutin shoe from a mile away, if not from the front, at least when it passes you. that red sole is a tell-tale sign of a louboutin creation. The stars of Iron Man are making the press junket rounds. Guess which star wore these?

Sex & the city vodka shoes

May 1st, 2008

obviously from the male perspective, “Did you know that the hit HBO television series Sex and the City, about a self-centered clotheshorse and the women who indulge her, has been made into a movie, to be released nationwide on May 30th?” gawker reports on the press kit that’s being sent around to promote the film.

we ladies obviously KNOW when the film is hitting the big screen. twenty-eight days and counting down, and we! are! ready! not one of the lucky few bloggers, reporters or other who were on the recipient list? no worries, gawker.com has supplied with you recipes to spike your own skyy vodka with. i think i might try the bitter-sweet “miranda!” how ’bout you? happy sipping!

Mary norton’s new digs on melrose

May 8th, 2008

miss mary norton. we heart her. we really heart her red-carpet-worthy shoes. each pair designed with a diva in mind with their rich color palette, exquisite use of luxurious fabrics and adorned with jewels a queen would love. our friends at shoetube visited her melrose place store. it too is decadent. who IS the mastermind behind such dreamy designs?